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How much do your babies sleep?
My DD is now 6 weeks old and some days she barely sleeps at all in the day. Last week one day she slept for 30 mins from 5.50am to 11pm, and today she has been awake the entire time since 8.30 this morning.
I reckon she averages about 7-8 hours during the night, usually about 10pm - 1am, 3am to 5.30am and maybe 7am to 8.30am on an average night. Some days she will nap for maybe 3 hours, but this is quite rare, maybe 2-3 days per week. The rest of the time it's just 30 min catnaps.
Is this normal? I'm am knackered! A lot of the time when she's awake she's quite alert but she's been crying almost all day today which is pretty wearing.
I reckon she averages about 7-8 hours during the night, usually about 10pm - 1am, 3am to 5.30am and maybe 7am to 8.30am on an average night. Some days she will nap for maybe 3 hours, but this is quite rare, maybe 2-3 days per week. The rest of the time it's just 30 min catnaps.
Is this normal? I'm am knackered! A lot of the time when she's awake she's quite alert but she's been crying almost all day today which is pretty wearing.
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I can remember at around 6 weeks he would wake around 2/3 times a night but now he goes through. I wouldnt say it wasnt normal, give it a couple of weeks and i rekon she wont be up as much during the night, and take more or longer catnaps She will just be trying to find her own little pattern still thats all.
Jade x
[Modified by: jadeb5 on June 09, 2010 05:46 PM]
We had a friend whose little girl was 'diagnosed' as being 'excessively wakeful' because she needed such a little amount of sleep...
The main thing is that she sleeps at night!! At 6 weeks - if she's crying - it could be a growth spurt.
I agree with shockedmummy that it may be that LO is getting overtired. The more sleep a baby has the more they want I believe, which is why generally daytime naps lead to good nights - I did say generally!
It may be that you do just have a very awake baby, but I would try and get her down for more npas by whatever means possible (holding, rocking etc) to see if that makes a difference.
If not get on the caffiene! x
Sorry in answer to your question my LO is 9 months, sleeps around 12 hours at night and has 2 or 3 45min naps x
We went for her newborn hearing test for the 2nd time yesterday, they couldn't get a reading the first time as she was too wide awake and wriggly and it was the same story yesterday. The nurse said she'd never seen such an alert baby! We've now been referred to the ENT though which is a pain (she turns her head to noises and startles at loud noises so I know she can hear!).
Hopefully she'll start to find more of a routine as she gets a bit bigger.